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I love chicken, but I have to admit I never thought of eating the cockscomb.

First of all, get your mind out of the gutter. Thank you. The cockscomb (also called "le creste") are those funny little things on top of the chicken's head. Eating this probably never occurred to most people, since it would be like eating someone's hat or maybe fingernails. But people do eat it.

The taste? Rowena at this site made it (with risotto) and says they "barely hinted of giblets." The final cooked product wouldn't scare me away, as long as the person serving it didn't tell me what it was or show me any "before" pictures.

Rowena, of the blog Rubber Slippers in Italy, put together a simple dessert of roasted yellow peaches with Italian meringue topping that is a great way to end a summer meal. The dessert takes advantage of the flavorful peaches that are in season right now, roasting them to enhance their sweetness even further. Italian meringue is made when a sugar syrup is boiled and streamed into beaten egg whites. The heat of the syrup cooks the meringue and allows it to hold its shape much better than an uncooked meringue will, so it makes a prettier and more stable dessert. The dessert takes little time to prepare and is as beautiful to look at as it is delicious - a dish sure to impress guests, as well as satisfying your sweet tooth with a light treat.

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